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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE EXPERIENCE

Curriculum Development

Saturday Studio: Digital Design and Creative Explorations
This semester will be the third implementation of workshops for children ages 6+. I have designed, coordinated, and collaborated with graduate students, undergraduate students, and professors to bring this series of workshops to our community. It is the only program of its kind in the area. Together we work with school age children and youth to help them work on interest-driven projects in a digital environment. Children have access to digital cameras, stop motion animation software, computer programs and games: Scratch, Stencyl, Photo Editing Software, Pivot, Minecraft, and Portal. The children who participate design and develop projects based on their interests in new media – creating levels for video games, remixing video games, making animations, mixing media, making stop motion animation movies, and more, 2011-present

Volunteering as an affiliate for a new initiative at Indiana University regarding the Maker Movement! I help coordinate and market the events and activities of IUMAKES. According to their website, IU MAKES is striving to collaborate with students, faculty, and community members in an effort to share everything MAKE:

Part lectures, part demonstrations, part workshops IU Makes is a community of people who are interested in using innovative technologies and softwares along with traditional tools and materials to create things.

IU Makes seeks to bring together these like minded researchers, students and the public in order to:

1.Identify what is currently being created at IU and the surrounding community2.Create a forum to discuss and share the tools and technologies are being used to make things3.Create a network for discussion, dialogue, and possible collaboration4.Provide opportunities for hands-on learning through digital fabrication and prototyping

Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington, Indiana – Volunteer – Created and implemented photography curriculum through a workshop model; helped club determine the equipment needed for future needs; and helped organize community gallery shows of youth photographic works, 2010-present

PTO President at St. Charles Catholic School, Bloomington, IN – Volunteered to help build community and improve communication across the school environment, 2012-present

Volunteer Research Assistant, New Opportunities for Interest-Driven Arts Learning in a Digital Age, funded by Wallace Foundation, Learning Sciences, School of Education, Indiana University, January – June 2011